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'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations' [33r] (67/540)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 24 Oct 1911-26 Dec 1912. It was written in English, French and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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or to oaop. . lth . vle . to aoilllig iith the
could be in the least relied on.
I would earnaatly urge, 0 n the grounds I hav e stated'
above, that"we should leave no stone unturned In our efforts
to find aauld pro quo elsewhere, and^retaln the stipulation
affecting Qatar, and that f9 should only aW_on_ it for
a very satisfactory adjustment on other points, and then
(i). that v/hile the ultimate suzerainty of the Porte over
• tr<xoz ^otv/een^the northern boundary of Abu Dhabi
near Odaid, Bhould b9 aooordad our recognition,
the Porte should undertake not to disturb the local status
Ouo or to interfere with the autonomous privileges of the
local chiefs.
(ii). that Zakhnuniyeh should either be recognised dsfi-
nitaly as the territory of the shaiih of Bahrein, or ba sold
through our good offices the latter jfiTthe Porte at a
fair price.
Regarding Muharraq no question of course can arise, as
it is one of the Bahrein Islands and an integral part of
iiheiidi Isa's territories,.
/. . . x bt
'viii;. that v ;a should a formal delegation of au
thority tybbj the Porte for the purposes ^^tha^Arms^raffio,
in terms similar to those executed by the Sultan of Muscat
and the Persian trovernment.
(iv). that in the same way we should be given a free hand
as regards the policing of the Gulf and Ooast in connection
with slave trade, piracy and protection of the pearl fisher
ies •
(v)♦ that they should abstain from all interference with
the status quo on the Arab Coast as regards the pearling
industry in regard to which they would leave the Chiefs and
inhabitants in the enjoyment of their existing rights 9^0^
(vi). that any claim to jurisdiction over any island
outside the three mile territorial limit of the Coast,
should be formally disclaimed by them from the Southern
boundary of Aoweit to the northern boundary of the Trucial
Coast
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- Content
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Louis Mallet, Assistant Under-secretary of State for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs, Charles Marling, British Ambassador to Persia, Gerard Lowther, British Ambassador to Constantinople, George Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia, Admiral Edmond Slade, the Board of Trade, the Government of India, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and several private companies, including Trans-Atlantic Trust Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Ottoman Bank, and Imperial Persian Bank.
The form of the negotiations was a series of memorandums containing proposals and counter-proposals. The issues and subjects discussed are:
- ownership and control of the line;
- custom duty increases in the region;
- navigation of the Shatt al-Arab, including the establishment of a commission to oversee this;
- transport of railway materials by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers;
- delimitation of the Turkish-Persian border;
- status and territorial limit of Kuwait;
- other Gulf matters, including the statuses of Bahrain and Qatar, the suppression of arms traffic, piracy, and slavery, and the protection of pearl fisheries.
Folios 261-262 are a map showing the proposed territorial limits of Kuwait.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. At the beginning (ff. 3-4) is a subject index, in no particular order but grouped under several broad headings. The numbers refer to folio numbers from the secondary, earlier sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . There are two earlier foliation systems running through parts of the volume. The first uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and the top-left corner of verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. pages. This foliation system numbers pages if they have content on them, which is the case for all rectos and some versos. This foliation system appears intermittently through most of the volume. The other foliation system uses circled blue pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. pages, and appears from folios 5 to 42. Numerous printed materials contained in the volume have their own internal pagination systems. The following foliation irregularities occur: 1a, 34a, 51B, 219B, 250B.
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- Title
- 'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:5v, 16r:22v, 24r:34v, 34ar:34av, 35r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:51v, 51br:51bv, 52r:54v, 56r:63v, 66r:67v, 72r:112r, 113r:134v, 136r:168v, 170r:182v, 184r:204r, 205v:213v, 215v, 219br:219bv, 222r:225v, 227r:236v, 238r:250v, 250br:250bv, 251r:261v, 262v:264v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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